He had some tough games where things weren’t working for him, and his shot wasn’t falling. Big Ten scouting is excellent, so I think teams had an understanding about how to defend him. But the calls for him to sit were classic fan overreactions.

You must not remember DeRozan at USC? because he does not resemble that player now. Like Matthews he was a great athlete. He has improved tremendously and I think Matthews will also.
DeRozan college stats were 13.9 pts., 5.7rb, 1.5asst., 2ptfg% = 52.3, 3ptfg% = 16.7, FT% 64.6.

I like the Matthews comparison as a college player. Not saying Matthews will turn into DeRozan in the NBA.

The biggest difference between early season and end of season Mathews is that he played within his skill set down the stretch. Defend like mad and get to the rim when it was there. Far fewer times did the ball hit the floor in traffic and his mid range and 3 pt shooting was more within the flow of the offense.

If you remember early in the season for some reason he often had the ball as the shock clock went under 10 leading to bad decisions. Later in the year as Simpson emerged those late in shot clock desperation shots went away.

It seems like Charles is confident that he’s going to show out in the 5v5 and drills and then get drafted.

IMO, I feel like he will probably bomb that stuff and he won’t get a draftable grade. Charles’ improvement at the end of the year primarily came just from making better decisions within the flow of the offense. He hasn’t really solved his ball-handling and shooting deficiencies. And those are reaaaaally gonna stick out in the 5v5 and shooting drills.

But yeah, this is an indication that Charles has no shot at getting drafted. 69 players on the list. 4 players confirmed to have turned down an invite. And we should expect 4-8 other Euros that weren’t invited to get drafted in the second.

So, basically it’s full confirmation that the NBA doesn’t consider Charles to be a top 80 prospect.